IBM's new tool offers more data storage in less space Special Correspondent
The server will be officially launched on July 28 Real-time interaction with data possible Viper versions for SMBs soon CHENNAI: IBM, the information technology major, has developed a new software tool that is set to drastically alter the competitive landscape of the database industry across the globe. Codenamed Viper, the next generation DB2 9 data server will be officially launched on July 28. The `Viper,' IBM claims, will have twin key fall-outs on the users. For one, it will help to compress drastically the data storage space. For another, it will eliminate external XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) processes. The conventional data storage system does not have the capability to store XML data directly in the native or original form. XML data are shredded and stored in rows and columns or as binary large objects. Relational data analysis, as a consequence, is not possible under the traditional system. The new software tool Viper has an in-built mechanism to store XML data directly in native format. As a result, Viper is seen to offer possibilities - both in terms of cost and business dynamics - for service industries such as banks and telecom companies. It could help the users experience proactive, predictive and real-time interaction with the data, according to the company. R. Dhamodaran, Country Head, IBM India Software Group, said the use of Viper could cut storage needs by a steep 80 per cent. Typically, it meant more data could be stored in less storage space. This is possible because IBM has added `Venom' (a `breakthrough storage compression technology') to its Viper DB2 database server. A little over a quarter of the hardware cost went for storage device, he said. "Viper will enable clients to identify, consolidate, integrate, manage, secure, analyse and store information in real time,'' said Harish K. Grama, Vice-President, IBM India Software Lab. Mr. Grama said ISL had about 2,400 employees - 10 per cent of IBM's global software lab team. Around 400 members of the software group at ISL would have been involved in developing Viper at some time or the other. Viper had been under development for over five years. The Viper could support all major operating systems, he added. IBM would simultaneously unveil Viper versions for small and medium businesses and developers, he added. Read and Confirm this Story Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
